Author's Note: See disclaimer in chapter one.

This chapter takes you from February 25th to the end of March.

Chapter 5: A Romantic Matt

Matt awoke the next morning to the buzz of his alarm clock. As he climbed out of bed, he remembered the news from the night before. He and Sarah were going to be parents in a little over seven months. He walked over to Sarah's side of the bed and kissed her forehead: "I love you, the mother of my child." Sarah sighed and then rolled over.

Matt arrived at the hospital and began his shift. As the day wore on, and he saw more and more pregnant women, the news that he was going to be a father made him realize that Sarah was going through this as well. It definitely made what he was learning in class suddenly a lot more interesting. He also realized that the two of them were going to have to find another apartment before the baby was born. Their apartment was barely big enough for the two of them and definitely didn't have room for a newborn.

Matt went down to the hospital floral shop and picked up another rose. He headed to the break room and taped it to Sarah's locker. Alongside the rose, he taped a note he had written earlier that morning. The note read:

My darling Sarah,

I am still in shock at the prospect of being a daddy. It makes me happier than I even imagined that it would. The only thing that makes it better is knowing that you are going to be the mother. You are so beautiful and I can't wait to see you as you carry our child.

Now, don't tell me you're fat. You are carrying a child- an outward showing of the powerful love that we share. The love that was there four years ago and is still getting stronger every single day.

I love you. I love you more than yesterday, but nowhere near as much as tommorow.

Matt

Meanwhile, Sarah had awoken two hours after Matt. She had decided to do some shopping yesterday for some more comfortable shoes and pants. She knew that several pairs of her pants were already getting snug, so she wanted to find a few pairs of looser fitting ones.

After Sarah finished her clothes shopping, she headed to the hospital. She walked to the break room and spotted the rose on her locker. As she picked up the rose, she noticed the note. As she read the note tears began to fall down her face. She left her coat in her locker and grabbed her lab coat. She had ten minutes to find her husband and thank him for his suprise with a kiss before she was due on her shift.

Doctor's Appointment- Ultrasound time

It was now four weeks later. Matt had met Sarah at her doctor's office. Sarah had managed to get her appointment scheduled when Matt was going off his shift. Sarah had started to feel some movement but so far no any kicking. So far, all that was visible was a neat little bump- a bump a bit larger than Sarah thought it was supposed to be at this point in her pregnancy.

"Forewarning, the liquid is cold," Dr. James said. She was the obstetrician that Dr. Matthews had recommended to Sarah.

"You're not kidding," Sarah muttered as Matt held her hand. As the two watched, Dr. James moved the monitor around and turned on the sound. As the volume was turned up, Matt's eyes began to tear up for he heard his child's heartbeat for the first time.

"Whoa, wait a minute. I think that I see two heads. Sarah, Matt, I do believe that you are going to be the proud parents of twins," Dr. James said as she watched Matt and Sarah's tearful expressions turn into ones of total shock.

"Tw-twins?" Matt stuttered. "You mean two of them?"

Dr. James nodded and said, "The echo heartbeat you keep hearing is the other baby."

Sarah, by this point, was crying tears of joy. As she watched the monitor, she could now start to make out both of the twins. She whispered, "Can you tell what they are? I know Jewish tradition states otherwise, but I really want to know."

Dr. James eyed the monitor and shook her head. She started the pictures to print and said, "Nope. The twins are facing the wrong direction. Right now, it looks like everything is okay. I'm going to talk to your supervisor Sarah. Since we now know you are carrying twins, it puts you at a higher risk to go into labor prematurely. I'm going to recommend some changes for you. I know Dr. Matthews said your maternity leave would start at the end of July, but with this news, I would say after graduation you are done with work till after these babies are born."

After she left the room, Matt and Sarah sat there looking at each other in shock.

"Twins? We're having twins?" Matt exclaimed as he hugged Sarah. After he released her, he and Sarah shared a sweet kiss.

"Does this mean we are going to tell our parents before graduation?" Sarah asked. The two had agreed earlier that month not to tell their families until graduation.

"I don't see why we should. I mean, if something goes wrong, we can tell them. But, let's not jinx it. These twins are going to be born healthy," Matt said as he helped Sarah up from the table.

The two walked out the door and headed out of the hospital. Matt caught them a cab, but told the cab a different address than their home one.

"Where are we going?" Sarah asked as she settled in for the ride.

"It's a surprise. I planned this after you confirmed the appointment," Matt said as he placed his arm around her shoulders.

Sarah had tears of joy when she saw where they were. Matt had them dropped off near Yankee Stadium. He held out her present from Christmas.

"The game starts in an hour. You want to grab something to eat at Johnny's or do you want a hot dog?" Matt asked.

"Hmm, maybe both. Let's go ahead and go to Johnny's. I don't know if it will last me throughout the game though, so I may want a hot dog as well," Sarah answered as she thought about how much her appetite had increased in the last month alone.Now that she knew she was carrying twins, she realized that it was only going to get bigger before the end of it.

Later that night

Matt coaxed a sleepy Sarah into their apartment. Sarah had fallen asleep in the cab on the way home from the game. The Yankees had lost and Sarah had been too upset to talk about the game. Matt helped her into a pair of pajamas and then tucked her into bed.

"I love you, Matt," Sarah whispered. She accepted her husband's offered kiss and then promptly fell asleep on her side. Sarah had started sleeping on her left side in the last few weeks since she had discovered she wasn't very comfortable on her right side or her back.

Matt walked back into the main room. He found the yellow pages and made a quick phone call. By the time Sarah awoke the next morning, Matt would be gone to the hospital.

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